There is so much drama in my family involving my mom, her three daughters (me), and her sister. We're caught up in it again now because mom has run out of money and her health is failing. She's 80, just broke both her wrists, and the doctors want to do surgery on one wrist.

It would take me writing a book to describe all that has gone on so far over this crisis du jour.

Long story short, I know that no matter how much I do for her it will never be enough. In her eyes I am only as good as the last good thing I did for her.

She is a master manipulator. I know her motive is to use me and pretend like she is totally innocent. She doesn't have to do this. She simply could have asked me for help instead of causing a shyt storm, but that's not her way.

Mostly, I will just give her what she wants because I want to be a good daughter and it is the right thing to do, even if she has been a nasty b about it.

This time, I have somewhere else I am supposed to be that is for business.

When I told her I couldn't be there in case she was counting on me for help. She said very snippily "Why would I count on you? I never count on you for anything." Stabbing me with words, hanging up in a huff.

I have never and will never speak to my children like she speaks to me!

I won't fight with her. I won't show her how hurt I feel. I won't let her manipulate me.

I don't even want her to have the surgery. It is another unnecessary surgery that I told her not to do, but she's going to go do anyway.

I can step out of this without feeling any guilt.